By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins on World Environment Day 2021 with the theme of ‘Reimagine – Recreate – Restore,' launched virtually from AIT Entrepreneurship Center.
World Environment Day (WED) has been celebrated annually on June 5th since 1974. It is a global platform to promote awareness and action for the environment by inspiring positive changes.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
Two AIT professors listed as the world’s most influential climate scientists share their journey towards a water-secure world as they discuss the issues of water – then, now, and in the future.
Recently published The Reuters Hot List has ranked Prof.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
AI Center researcher Amir Rajak has developed a contactless access system to provide both safety and security as a door gets unlocked.
It has been over a year since people around the world have to adjust to New Normal lifestyle since the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on surfaces as it awaits its new host.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong and Kanda Yaemboonruang
Embracing the New Normal, new graduates attended virtual 135th Graduation ceremony as they were encouraged to apply entrepreneurial mindset and technological knowhow instilled by AIT to build back better the world post pandemic.
Thiwari Werayasobprasong
AIT Bangabandhu Chair Professor Joyashree Roy has been named as the recipient of 2021 Paradigm Award by the Breakthrough Institute, a global think tank based in California, USA, in recognition of her work on rebound in emerging economies which has influenced thinking and research – not only around the role of energy efficiency, but also the nature of economic growth and energy transitions as emergent phenomena.
A new ‘Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center’ will be established at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to work on how climate change affects the hydrological cycle and consequently, water management. The Center will also look into adaptation solutions to lessen the adverse impacts of climate change on natural and human systems.
April 30, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months last Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020 and dissipated a few weeks later.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang and Thiwari Werayasobprasong
Having helped develop ‘AirBKK,’ a mobile phone application adopted by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), an AIT PhD student is now aiming to forecast air quality on a much larger scale – the whole of Thailand and the Lower Mekong Region.
Thai leading bank’s technology arm Kasikorn Business-Technology Group (KBTG) announced its collaboration with AIT and eight other institutions, famous for research and innovation in technology, to cultivate ‘deep collaboration’ that will shape the future of banking industry in the region.
Chosen for the first time in 12-year history of the Hult Prize, Bangkok is the host city for this year’s Impact Summit where students around the region compete for the most impactful business ideas – and the co-host is none other than the Asian Institute of Technology.